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Map of Florida and the Indian River Lagoon study area. 



accounted for approximately 20% of our total sampling 

 efforts and averaged approximately 1-2 days/month over 

 the study period. 



Fish were tagged by inserting 50-mm, 70-mm. or 

 100-mm Hallprint dart tags (Halprint Ltd., Victor Har- 

 bor, South Australia) into the dorsal musculature; the 

 plastic dart was lodged beneath the pterygiophores 

 of the dorsal fin. Each tag contained a visible exter- 

 nal streamer with a unique alphanumeric code and 

 instructions for anglers to contact us with recapture 

 information in order to collect a reward (five dollars 

 or equivalent). Information recorded at the time of ini- 

 tial tagging included the tag number, species tagged, 

 date, location (latitude and longitude i, and fish length 

 (standard, fork, and total lengths as appropriate for 

 the species). Recapture information on tagged fish was 

 collected through August 2000 from angler reports 

 and from fish recaptured during FMRI sampling ac- 



tivities. Because of public-access prohibitions, recap- 

 ture information from inside the MINWR NTZ was 

 gathered exclusively through FMRI sampling efforts. 

 Data requested for recaptured fish included the same 

 information as that recorded at initial tagging; however, 

 in several cases, length or precise location information 

 returned from anglers was considered to be unreliable, 

 which prevented accurate statistical comparisons of 

 relationships involving recapture lengths or distances 

 traveled. Therefore, reported length data are limited to 

 initial tagging information only (total length; TL). To 

 prevent problems with pseudoreplication for individuals 

 recaptured on multiple occasions, we included only the 

 initial tag recovery data in our calculations of recapture 

 percentages. 



Overall patterns offish migrations, including general 

 recapture locations and direction of movements into 

 or away from the NTZ, were described by using data 



